The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase across different species:

arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (ALOX15), arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Alox15), arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Nmul_A0532), arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Sden_1680), arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Swoo_2919), Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (PCC8801_3106), Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Cyan8802_3014), Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase (Nwat_1315)

Other aliases include:

15LOX-1, 15-LOX-1, 12-LO, L-12LO, Alox12l, 12-LOX, Alox12, ALOX15, ALOX12, 15-LOX, DKFZp468J1413

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase:

arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase – 15-lipooxygenase-1 – arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase, leukocyte-type – 12-LOX – OTTMUSP00000006312 – 12/15-LOX – arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase – Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase – lipoxygenase – omega-6 lipoxygenase – erythroid cell-specific 15-lipoxygenase – 15-LOX – arachidonate omega-6 lipoxygenase

Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase fulfills a number of functions:

arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase activity – hepoxilin-epoxide hydrolase activity – iron ion binding – lipoxygenase activity – metal ion binding – oxidoreductase activity – arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase activity – oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen – potassium channel inhibitor activity

Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase is relevant to the following processes:

bone mineralization – inflammatory response – leukotriene biosynthetic process – lipid metabolic process – oxidation reduction – arachidonic acid metabolic process – leukotriene metabolic process – lipoxygenase pathway – ossification – anti-apoptosis – fatty acid oxidation – icosanoid biosynthetic process – negative regulation of cell volume – positive regulation of cell growth – positive regulation of cell proliferation – regulation of membrane potential

Locations for Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase:

cytoplasm – cytosol – sarcolemma

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology